Improvement in wagon-clip



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IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-CLIP.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. ZEIGENFUSS, of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, have, invented a new and improved Clip for Wagons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description'thereof, which-will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,l forming part of this specification, in whichv Figure 1 is aside view of my improved hinge-coupling, applied to a wagon.

Figure 2 isatop `ziew. i i l Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in the coupling for a wagon or carriage-clip and pair of shafts, and for other` purposes to which itmay be applicable, and consists in projecting from the front side of the clip a part thereof, and turning up the end, to form a'semieircular hook, within which is `placed a loop made on the endof the-shaft-iron, to be held in place by a segmental-beaded screw, that passes through the piece projectling from the clip, and is secured by a riut on the under side. This coupling makes a perfect hinge for the thills,

which canbe attached to and detached from the wagon thereby with great facility, to change Vvthe wagon as desired, for using either shafts or a tongue for the draught. I y

A represents the projecting piece from a wagon-clip, made otherwise in the usualway, the end of which is turned up, to form a perfectly semicrcular hook, a, within which hoek is placed the round crosshead c of a loop, b, that is made ou the end of the bottom iron B, of a pair of carriage-shafts. The loop b is heldin place in the hoo Aby aV segmental head, d, of a screw, e, that passes through a. hole in the bottom of the hook a, to which it is firmly secured by a nut, g. The manner .ofapplying this hinge-coupling will be readily understood.

,Having th'us described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The segmental head d, having'a screw, e, which passes diagonally through the curved projection a, on the end of the thill-iron A, for the purpose of securing the looped thill-iron B, all constructed and used as specified. The above specification (if my invention signed by me, this 11th day of March, 1867.

I GEORGE S. ZEIGENFUSS.

Witnesses:

S. A., SMITH, S. iA. Keenan. 

